Trevante Rhodes

The United States vs Billie Holiday (15): “Strange fruit hangin’ from the poplar trees”

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “The United States vs Billie Holiday” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: It’s the late 40’s in the US. We follow the distressing story of Billie Holiday (Andra Day) through her period of fame and drug addiction, while constantly pursued by Harry Anslinger (Garrett Hedlund) of the … Read more

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Moonlight (2017)

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Waxing or Waning? Seldom do I go to see a movie where I know so little about the plot as this one. I knew it was a “coming of age” drama about a young man growing up in a black neighbourhood in Miami. Period. That ignorance was bliss (so that’s the way this review will … Read more